The Hollywood Reporter has received 53 nominations in the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including best publication and best website.

In addition, Gary Baum, Eriq Gardner and Lacey Rose will vie for journalist of the year honors at the Dec. 4 awards gala, set to take place at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. In addition, Todd McCarthy and David Rooney have been nominated for best critic in the print and online categories, respectively, while Michael Wolff will contend for best print columnist honors.

Also being honored at the event are Diane Warren with the Visionary Award for humanitarian work, Chelsea Handler with the Luminary Award for career achievement and Angela Lansbury with the Legend Award for lifetime achievements and contributions to society.

Elsewhere, three THR blogs were nominated for best entertainment blog by an individual or group, tied to an organization: Heat Vision, by Aaron Couch, Borys Kit and Graeme McMillan; The Race, by Scott Feinberg; and THR Esq., by Gardner.

THR earned a slew of mentions in the online categories as well: Eriq Gardner's "Why Hulk Hogan's $140 Million Gawker Verdict Is a Signpost for the Future" for best industry/arts hard news; Gary Baum's "From Arya to Zayn: The Rise and Fall of 100 Hollywood-Inspired Baby Names" for best celebrity news; Feinberg's "Mike Francesa, King of New York Sports Radio for 30 Years, Prepares to Abdicate His Throne" for best personality profile/interview; Couch's "'Mortal Kombat': Untold Story of the Movie that 'Kicked the Hell' Out of Everyone" for best film/TV/theater/books feature; Rebecca Sun and Rebecca Ford's "Where are the Asian-American Movie Stars?" for best arts and entertainment feature; Galloway's "Galloway on Film: I Sat 20 Feet From a Serial Killer" for best commentary analysis/trend; and Jon Frosch, "Critic's Notebook: Amid Oscars Debacle, Sundance Diversity Shines" for best commentary, diversity/gender.

In the social media categories, Jennifer Liles and Christina Schoellkopf were nominated for their work on the "Drama Actresses Roundtable," while Carol McColgin, Sarah Gidick and Meg Hemphill were cited for their work on "The Beauty Issue"

THR also scored several nominations in the photo categories: Marlar, Laski, Carrie Smith and Austin Hargrave were cited for best portrait photo for "Ricky Gervais"; Marlar, Laski, Smith and Miller Mobley were nominated best feature photo for "Ryan Murphy"; and Marlar, Laski, Smith, David Carthas and Mobley will vie for best action photo for "John Boyega." THR received two noms in the photo essay category: Laski, Smith, Jennifer Sargent, Kate Pappa and Michelle Stark for "Oscar Heirs" and Marlar, Laski, Smith, Stark and Wesley Mann for "Holocaust - Hollywood's Last Survivors." The latter also earned a nom for best multimedia package for Flax, Baum, Laski, Victoria McKillop, Stark and Mann.

Meanwhile, Feinberg and Dora Takacs landed a nom for best one-on-one interview in the radio/podcast category for "'Awards Chatter' Podcast - Steven Spielberg ('Bridge of Spies')."

Masters also landed two noms in the category for her work with KCRW alongside Kaitlin Parker for "Brazilian Director Anna Muylaert Finds Success, then Sexism" and "George Miller: From Pigs to Penguins to 'Mad Max: Fury Road.'"

The nominations come as THR.com recorded its second-highest U.S. month ever, with 16.95 million unique users in October 2016, according to comScore. Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group recorded its third best total ever, jumping two spots to No. 4 in the comScore Entertainment/News ranking (U.S. domestic) for October 2016, trailing only People, E! and Yahoo Celebrity.

For more details and a complete list of nominees, visit the L.A. Press Club's website.